No. 34. 



HEMIPTERA OF CONNECTICUT: MIRIDAE. 



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pale, scutellum black; basal half of corium and embolium, and 

 slenderly bordering base of cuneus, pale; transversely blackish 

 across apical half of hemelytra but leaving costal margin slenderly 

 pale ; membrane and apical half of cuneus uniformly dark fuscous ; 

 genital claspers (fig. 86) distinctive of the species. 



Female: Length 5.6 mm., width 1.72 mm.; differing very 

 slightly from the male, sometimes more broadly pale. 



Farmington, 19 June, 1919 (M. P. Z.) ; Hamden, 18 July, 1920 

 (B. H. W.) ; Hartford, 25 June, 1914 (W. M.) ; New Haven, 23 June, 1911 

 (A. B. C). 

 O. necopinus Van Duzee. 



Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, vi, 125, 1916. 



Male: Length 6.6mm., width 2.1 1 mm.; brownish black, juga, 

 vertex and extending along front of eyes, median line of pronotal 

 disk and frequently extending upon scutellum, base of embolium 

 and slenderly at base of radius, bordering cuneal fracture, pale to 

 pale translucent ; basal half of venter beneath and coxae, pale ; 

 femora and tibiae testaceous to fuscous; genital claspers (fig. 87) 

 distinctive of the species. 



Female: Length 6.8 mm., width 2.2 mm.; very similar to the 

 male but frequently more broadly pale. 



Breeds on Betula lutea but only in cool, damp, shaded situations. 



New Hampshire, New York. 



necopinu6 



Fig. 87. Orthotylus necopinus 

 Van Duzee, — male genital claspers, 

 (a) left clasper, lateral aspect, (c) 

 right clasper, lateral aspect. 

 Greatly enlarged. Drawing by Dr. 

 H. H. Knight. 



can 



dldati 



us 



Fig. 88. Orthotylus candidatus 

 Van Duzee, — male genital claspers, 

 (a) left clasper, lateral aspect, (c) 

 right clasper, lateral aspect. 

 Greatly enlarged. Drawing by Dr. 

 H. H. Knight. 



O. candidatus Van Duzee. 



Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, vi, 124, 191 6. 



Female: Length 4.5 mm., width 1.53 mm.; testaceous, some- 

 times tinged with fulvous ; sides of body, median line of head and 

 scutellum, black; antennal segments iii and iv, and apex of ii, 

 brownish black ; membrane pale, fumate bordering veins. 



Male: Length 4.3 mm., width 1.3 mm.; more slender than the 

 female but very similar in coloration, although the pronotum and 



